The city of San Antonio has unveiled a program that offers $5 parking 5 p.m.-5 a.m. weeknights and $5 for 24-hour periods on Saturday and Sunday at the St. Mary’s Street garage, 205 E. Travis St., and the Dolorosa parking lot at Santa Rosa Avenue. Rates are subject to change for special events, said Jonathan […]
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By year’s end, there could be a free parking app for mobile phones that would provide locals and visitors real-time data on the availability of downtown’s 2,000 on-street spots, and eventually garages. At no cost to the taxpayers, the city wants to take the data from its smart meters and partner with a company to […]
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Parking along Main Avenue might be funky from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. , Friday. In a project called PARK(ing) Day, 10 spots along Main, between Houston and Pecan streets, will be roped off and turned into mini parks or other creative uses. Downtowners are welcome to check them out and see what they have to offer. In 2005, a San Francisco design studio called Rebar started the idea.
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Downtown Tuesday, the program that offers free parking at city-owned spaces on Tuesday evenings, will be suspended this week because of Fiesta. Spaces at downtown lots, meters and garages will be available at their posted rates throughout the week. Free parking on Tuesday nights (5 p.m.-2 a.m.) resumes April 30, according to a press release. […]
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Correction: The size of the land owned by Southwest School of Art is 1.4 acres. On 1.4 acres of land across from its campus, the Southwest School of Art is planning a mixed-use development that could help the Tobin Center for the Performing Arts with its parking problem. The parking garage component of the envisioned […]
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The city has to get paid, too. Downtown Tuesday, the free parking program on Tuesday nights, has been put on hold for tomorrow because of Fiesta. Fiestagoers parking in city-owned lots, meters and garages downtown will have to pay the posted rates on Tuesday and through April 29. Free parking will resume Tuesday at 5 […]
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You can feel that there is a buzz now on Tuesday nights. And it’s probably best attributed to the city’s free parking initiative called Downtown Tuesday. It was launched Feb. 14, and for the first four Tuesdays, parking at city-owned garages and lots increased 11.3 percent based on the same time period in 2011, according […]
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At least Tuesday nights, people have the parking excuse — whether it’s legit or not — as justification for avoiding downtown. On Valentine’s Day (Feb. 14), the city is planning to launch a program in which people could park at city-owned parking garages and lots at no cost starting at 5 p.m. Tuesday nights.
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